Position: Forward
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
Class: Senior
Hometown: Lahti, Finland
Previous School: Salpausselan Urheilulukio

2007: Appeared in 15 games, making 10 starts... Led the team and ranked seventh in the Northeast Conference with six goals... Led the squad with 12 points... Had first goal of the season in 2-1 loss to Monmouth (10/12)... Was named Brine/NEC Player of the Week after scroing a hat trick against St. Francis (N.Y.) (10/20)... Had goals against both Sacred Heart (10/28) and Philadelphia University (11/10)... Named to the NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2006: Started 10 games at forward and played in 16 overall... Scored a goal in three contests and totalled 14 shots... Scored first goal of season against VMI (8/27)... Tallied one of three LIU goals against Binghamton (9/3)... Scored Blackbirds’ lone goal in 2-1 loss to Robert Morris (10/13).

2005: One of four Blackbirds to start all 16 contests... Led the squad with five goals and ranked second in points with 11... Scored both of his team’s goals in a 2-1 triumph of St. Francis (N.Y.) (10/16)... Recorded the first goal of his career at Michigan (9/11)... Found the back of the net a week later in 2-1 loss to Sacramento State (9/18)... Ranked second on the team in shots with 26... His three goals in conference tied for eighth in the NEC... Also tallied two game-winning goals, good for fourth-best.

Background: Competed for FC Kuusysi from 1994-2004... Scored a team-best nine goals in 2003, helping team win the Finnish U-20 Championship... Netted a league-best 18 goals the following season, the last of three straight years in which he led the team (10 goals in 2002)... A member of the Honors Program at Salpausselan.

Personal: Son of Aila Tamminen and Juha Lehto... Born on Feb. 23, 1984... Has a brother, Mikko, and a sister, Satu Tamminen... Majoring in business.